The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-25
F. S. Gardiner is collecting funds to build
A Catholic church in Starke


The gentleman who is to take charge of
the Sanford House, will arrive in day or
two.
New tomatoes, raised in Orange county,
are selling in South Florida markets for
So 20 per bushel.
The Brock House at Enterprise has opened
for the season, under the management of
| Mr.. Charles Stone.
The heavy timbers and marble for the
new Presbyterian church at Gainesville are
being delivered on the ground.
Mrs. r. B. Hilton, of Tallahassee has just
sold three Of her fine cows for S170--one for
$50, one for $50 and one for $50.
The Tallahassee City Council has granted
| William Mcintosh the exclusive gas and
electric light privilege for that city.
The steamer Alice h is running from
Pemberton down the Withlacoochee river,
and the people in that region are happy.
Monticello will elect Mayor. a Marshal,
Clerk and Treasurer. Tax Assessor, a Tax
Collector and four members of Council on
Jan. 9.
The post Office at Gore, Levy county, has
been discontinued, and Frederick R. An
drews has been commissioned Postmaster at
| Conant.
w. w. Deaderick, of Orlando, made an
assignment Thursday, to NJ. G. Gibbons,
$1,000, assets $500.
South Florida papers report a very no
ticeable increase in the arrival of visitors,
| and the prospects are reported good for a
fair winters business.
The bazaar and festival given by the la
dies of st. Johns parish, Tallahassee, on
Tuesday evening, was a success, the pro-
ceeds amounting to over $50.
The famous Crooked river oysters are
coming into market at Fernandina very
slowly. The long dry season causes lack
OF fresh water to fatten them.
Quite respectable little town has sprung
up about eighteen miles north of Tampa, in
Pasco county, in the past month Two or
three houses are being built every day.
The Jefferson academy has received a lot
of new school furniture, and it win be
placed i'll position during the two weeks
vacation the children are now enjoying.
At Palatka, Thursday, Capt. Brown was
making preparations for taking the ma
chinery out of the burned steamer Arms
near, after which the hull will be removed
The Tallahassee Ice and Cold Storage
Company last week sold twenty-four veni-
son hams, several wild turkeys, and
scores of ducks, all killed in the Tallahassee
country.
The January term of the Supreme Court
VIII COuNeut Jan. ~, dlUeT winch UlIIle some
of the Circuit Judges will sit in cases in
which Judges Maxwell and Raney are dis
qualified
Rev ID. A. Donovan, of Ireland who
came to America to look for homes for his
oppressed countrynen, is projecting in the
beautiful Tallahassee country and is very
well pleased with that section.
DIR. l. P. ALFRED and J. B. Cawthon have
returned to DeFuniak Springs from Ala
bama. While absent they purchased 900
head OF sheep. They are going to push the
wool industry for all it is worth.
The assessed valuation of the real estate
within the corporation of Orange City is
$751;, 900, an increase of so per cent. over last
year. The Council has fixed the rate of
taxation at ten mills on the dollar.
Madison Recorder: Those enterprising
young merchants, the Fearnside Bros, pur-
chased from George Walter, of Savannah.
Ga, last Friday. the brick stores now occu-
pied by themselves and j. w. Smith
Rev. Josephus Anderson. for the past
year pastor Of the Methodist church at Or
lando, will soon leave us to take the editor
ship of the Christian AdrOcate. DIR. An
dersons place here will be filled by Rev. Mr.
Poage.
At Gainesville orange shipping is still
being extensively carried on, but at least
three-fourths of the crop has been forwarde !.
After this month shipments will be light
compared with what they have been for six
weeks past.
Capt. c. A. Bryan, Leon county's Circuit
Court Clerk, has recently received 100
patent steel drawer files for use in his Office
IN preserving papers. They are great ac-
QUESTION, convenient and add a business
like appearance to the Office generally.
A negro man was cut literally to pieces
near Orange Home, Sunday morning by the
up-freight train. 1t is supposed that he was
stealing ride and fell under the wheels and
was run over. Particles of his flesh were
found up and down the track for several
hundred yards.
Dayton Messenger: We are informed
that prominent buyer of the famous Hall
fax fruit fills his boxes with russell and on
top puts a layer of fancy fruit, thus delud-
ing the buyer into buying something that
he does not want. No reputable person
would do such a small trick.
At Barlow Thursday, Senator Mann. by
invitation, addressed the LADIES' Sub Trop-
ical Association. They will consider at
their next meeting, the ACCESSIBILITY of aid
ing the Orange Union. Resolutions favor
ing tariff on foreign fruits, were passed.
The county is being canvassed for the
union.
The Hotel 0rmond will be ready to re-
Celee guests ny jan. =, DuJ Lne proprietor
will not have the formal opening until later.
James Ormond, who lived on the .Orn,ond
grant before the Indian war, and was
wounded at the Duntawton fight, during
that war, will be at the opening, and will
remain through the season.
Mrs. Kingsbury, a niece Of Theodore Hit
tell, editor of the Alta California, is hay
ing house built on her fine orange
grove at Lawtey. Lawtey'S colonists are
gradually learning the requisites of COM
Portable living in this climate. The eleva-
ton of dwellings has Teen increased from
time to time, until now six feet above the
ground is considered about the correct
thing. Col. Shipman dug his well directly
under his house, and has ever since had the
coolest water in town.
New Smyrna Breeze: The steam pleasure
yacht G. ID. p, Gibson, Capt. Barry, Of New
York, bound for West Indies touched here
and took on water on the night of Dec. Is.
She left New York Nov. 13, and will touch
at Cape Florida, Key West, Havana,
Medanas, Newvetas, Baracoa, Cape Hayti,
Monte Christi and San Domingo. She is a
trim built boat and fast sailer, beating all
other boats from New York to Jacksonville
from "a hours to II days.
The auction sale of oranges at jackson
vile Thursday was not SO largely attended as
on previous occasions, owing TO great extent
TO the fact that many of the Northern buy
elS have returned hOna m snand tho holt;